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FIFA World Cup 2018: Saudi Arabia beat Egypt 2-1 to finish third in Group A

TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Jun 25, 2018, 21:38 IST

Highlights

Al Dawsari scored the winner for Saudi Arabia in injury time

With 2-1 victory, Saudi Arabia finished third in Group A with three points

Egypt failed to open their account, losing all three group encounters

(Reuters Photo)

POINTS TABLE | SCHEDULE | VIDEOSFULL TIME: Al Dawsari scores the winner as Saudi Arabia finish third in Group A with 2-1 victory over Egypt at Volgograd Arena. 90+4 GOAL! Saudi Arabia again score in the injury time to lead 2-1. Four minutes of injury time added 87' Saudi Arabia take a free kick on the left flank but Egypt manage to save it. 86' Egypt's Ahmed Fathi gets yellow card for a foul on Al Shaahran. 81' Egypt's Treziguet leaves the field, Kahraba joins for the remaining part of the match. 79' Fahad makes way for Yahia for Saudi Arabia. 77' Salah on the attack on the edge of the Saudi penalty box but he ends up with a poor touch and Egypt get the corner. 74' Al Faraj takes the free kick and the ball goes high over the bar. 74' Free kick for Saudi Arabia near Egypt's box. 69' SAVE! El-Hadary is having a wonderful day. He jumps high to tip the ball over the bar as Hussain Al Mogahwi's header fails to draw any result for Saudi Arabia. 65' Saudi Arabia make substitution. Muhannad comes in to replace Hatan. 64' Substitution for Egypt. Ramadan replaces Marwan. 61' Danger in Egyptian box, Ali Gabr is quick enough to deny Saudi Arabia taking a lead. 57' Trezeguet had a chance to give Egypt a lead, he jumps and unleashes a header but it goes wide of the far post. 56' Salah takes a low free kick on the right but fails to find the his teammate as Saudi Arabia's defence is upto the mark to stave off the danger. 47' Saudi Arabia move forward and Hattan Bahebri's weak shot goes into the hands of Egypt keeper Elhadary. Second half kicks off 45+6 GOAL! And Saudi Arabia score an equaliser in the injury time. Salman Al Faraj converts the penalty to level the scoreline at half-time break. 45+2: Another penalty for Saudi Arabia Three minutes of injury time added 41' SAVE! Egypt's 45-year old keeper Essam El Hadary comes up with a spectacular effort, diving to his right to save Fahad Al Mulwallad’s penalty kick and deny Saudi Arabia an equaliser. 40' Saudi Arabia get the penalty. Referee finds a handball inside the Egypt box and awards the penalty. Saudis have a chance to make it 1-1. 33' Salah is at again, gets the ball on the edge of the box and passes it to Trezeguet but his volley goes wide of the far post. 30' Saudi's Al Shahrani takes a strike at goal with his right foot, but it flies over the bar. 28' Egypt win a free-kick on the edge of the box. El Said takes it and Saudi keeper Al-Mosailem punches to clear the ball. 24' Salah could have scored another one, he clears the ball over the keeper once again but it lands well wide of the target. 22' GOAL! Mohamed Salah draws the first blood. He collects a good long pass from El Said and and taps it over the advancing goalkeeper to put Egypt 1-0 ahead against Saudi Arabia 17' Mohamed Salah is in the action, he runs down the right touchline. Saudi Arabia's Hawsawi intercepts him and gives the ball back to his keeper. 15' Saudi Arabia continue their attack with Salem Al Dawsari taking an aim from the edge of the box and result remains the same, his effort goes over the target. 11' Saudi Arabia seem to have dominated the proceedings so far. Salem Al Dawsari takes a shot but his attempt goes wide of the goal post. 9' No problem whatsoever for Egypt as their defence avert the danger easily to deny Saudi Arabia taking an early lead. 8' First corner of the match goes in Saudi Arabia's way. 4' Egypt counter attack from the right flank. Mo Salah sends a cross towards Treziguet but his attempt turns out to be poor. 3' Saudi Arabia with the early attack, Al-Moghawi had a chance from the edge of the box but his shot goes wide of the target. Referee blows the whistle and the match gets underway. Players make their way to the field and it's time for national anthem.

TEAMSEgypt: Essam El Hadary, Mohamed Shafy, Ahmed Hegazi, Ali Gabr, Ahmed Fathy, Tarek Hamed, Mohamed Elneny, Trezeguet, Abdallah El Said, Mohamed Salah, Marwan Mohsen Saudi Arabia: Yasser Al-Mosailem, Yasir Al Shahrani, Motaz Hawsawi, Osama Hawsawi, Mohammed Al-Burayk, Abdullah Otafy, Hussain Al-Mogahwi, Salem Al Dawsari, Salman Al Faraj, Hattan Bahebri, Fahad Al Muwallad TEAM NEWSEgypt has included Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah in their squad in the final match of the tournament for the two already-eliminated teams. The Egyptian FA confirmed Salah's inclusion in the line-up minutes after a tweet was published with a list omitting the star striker's name. Salah's presence had been the subject of speculation following media reports the talismanic player was on the verge of quitting international football after unwittingly becoming a publicity pawn for the Kremlin-backed leader of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. The Egyptian Football Association denied reports earlier in the day about Salah, who has been recovering from a shoulder injury. Egypt also gave 45 year-old keeper Essam El-Hadary a chance to become the oldest ever player to appear at a World Cup. Both Egypt and Saudi Arabia lost their first two games and will be hoping to pocket an elusive win in Volgograd to avoid finishing bottom of the group. Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the Group A match between Saudi Arabia and Egypt of the 2018 World Cup at Volgograd Arena.